The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech

Author:Louise Beech [Beech, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary
ISBN: 9781912374304
Amazon: B07DFQ9SW7
Goodreads: 40191563
Publisher: Orenda
Published: 2018-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The Second Thing

If bad things came in threes, did good things? Ben wondered.

Andrew Fitzgerald, The Lion Tamer Who Lost

The next day Andrew handed Ben a birthday gift and watched him unwrap it far too slowly.

Then Ben told him three things.

First he told him he wasn’t going back to university.

Last Ben told him he would tell Will about them.

The second thing Ben admitted he had struggled with the most.

‘I’m going to take the test,’ he said, and paused as though waiting for Andrew to object. ‘See if I’m a match so I can make you well. I know the odds are ridiculous, but I can’t not try. I can’t. And you can’t stop me.’

Andrew didn’t want to. He was immensely moved that Ben would do such a thing.

The sun edged across the sky, lingering like a child not wanting to go home for tea. They gazed at one another. Andrew wanted to stay there forever.

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